Shakespeare comes alive at Dawn House School
Last month Dawn House School students in key stages 4 and 5 performed Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the Palace Theatre in Mansfield to commemorate 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare along with four other schools from the local area. The performance took place as part of Shakespeare Schools Festival, a national event that runs throughout 2016/17. The students excelled …
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Talk about Talk Secondary: outcomes from the first year
I CAN’s latest project for secondary schools, Talk about Talk Secondary, is now entering the second year of its pilot. The programme trains and supports young people who struggle with their communication skills, to deliver workshops to local employers about communication difficulties and the impact they can have on young people. In February this year, Rachael Black, I CAN’s monitoring and evaluation coordinator, …
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Why nursery rhymes are important this National Nursery Rhyme week
This week is National Nursery Rhyme Week – a nationwide initiative that aims to emphasise the importance of nursery rhymes for developing language and communication as well as social, physical and emotional skills. Singing nursery rhymes and songs to children from birth can help develop language skills from an early age which is crucial for later life chances. A child’s …
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Delayed language development: how will I know?
Imagine a scenario: Callum’s mum has noticed that at two years old, he’s not really talking-well, certainly not as much as his sister was at that age. He’s happy but he plays by himself a lot, usually pulling and pointing to communicate what he wants. But, should Callum’s mum be worried? No doubt he’ll get there…won’t he? Learning to talk…it’s …
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When is a word a word?
Many of us can picture that moment in time when our children spoke their first word. We know that there are typical milestones for learning language, but how many times do children have to say a word before we can count it? Just how many times do we need to hear them utter ‘gone’ before we can include it in …
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